News archive for 3rd August 2018

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Exam boards are struggling to keep pace with modern cheating, malpractice inquiry chair warns - Telegraph How you can challenge your GCSE, AS and A-level results if you aren’t happy with them - Wales Online Poor children don't want to change for PE as they are ashamed about their skinny bodies - Independent Scottish Government accused of ‘deceiving parents’ over P1 national testing - Scotsman Universities are holding evening lectures to cater for rising student numbers - Telegraph Inspecting non-association independent schools: leaflet for schools - Ofsted Initial teacher training: marketing toolkit - DfE How to become an examiner - The Educator The spying accusations are a new low for the Student Loan Company | Dawn Foster - Guardian Improving the offer for colleges in the East of England - AoC | Association of Colleges Early years education must involve parents too | Letters - Guardian NEU comment on language hubs - National Education Union How should we respond to reports of a declining graduate premium? - HEPI Ofsted watch: A ‘reasonable’ week for new apprenticeship providers - FE Week AEB devolution plan to link job outcomes with funding will require more robust learner destination data - FE Week Wrongly disqualified school staff waited months to return to work - Schools Week Council warning over funding and recruitment for Scottish early years expansion - Nursery World West Midlands group to open nurseries in China - Nursery World Four things you forgot to do this summer - Times Educational Supplement | TES Food banks struggle with pupils' holiday hunger - Times Educational Supplement | TES The things that make schools unique are being squeezed - Times Educational Supplement | TES Extra exam resits offered for BTEC students - Times Educational Supplement | TES Signs of union split over pay strike - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ministers condemned for ignoring teacher pay report - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils so ‘malnourished' they hide their bodies - Times Educational Supplement | TES A guide to the top ten UK universities in 2018 - Telegraph ESFA set to rule on calls for a subcontracting management fee cap - FE Week Ofsted: more cash needed before campus-level inspections become reality - FE Week Nando's is giving away FREE chicken to every A Level student on Result's Day - Mirror Arts education in schools - FE News What it's like to study abroad in Australia: from weekly exams to daily dips in the sea - Telegraph Why summer work experience is so important - FE News DfE releases initial teacher training (ITT) marketing toolkit - FE News Speech and Language awards launched - Nursery World Languages boost to deliver skilled workforce for UK's businesses - DfE DfE announces national language centre and hubs - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Get a move on' or lose over £200m, colleges told - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why are so many academic conferences hostile to women? | Anonymous academic - Guardian Ofsted criticised for allowing college mergers to be excuse for turning a blind eye to failure - FE Week 'They hadn’t eaten all day': food banks tackle holiday hunger - Guardian Food banks appeal for help to feed children during school holidays - Guardian Hey! Teachers! Leave those (cool) kids alone | Cameron Wyllie - Scotsman Revealed: The nine schools chosen to split £2m and become ‘language hubs’ - Schools Week Esther McVey’s summer job offer: £2 an hour - Times We should let our children take more risks | Edward Lucas - Times Scotland: Teachers prepare to boycott ‘cruel’ compulsory tests for five‑year‑olds - Times Scotland: Schools agency with £4m surplus missed inspections - Times Ireland: Sacked teacher fights vetting report - Times